Denplan:

Denplan has complained to the Chair of the GDC following the publication of the full-page advertisement in the Daily Telegraph inviting dental patients to complain to the GDC if they are unsatisfied with care.

Denplan says that the GDC requires all dentists, whether NHS or private, to have an effective and responsive in-practice complaints mechanism. By inciting patients to complain to it directly, Denplan says that the GDC is effectively bypassing a swift and highly efficacious method of resolving any complaints.

Dental Protection:

Although sharing the concerns of those alarmed by the proposed ARF increase, Dental Protection is warning dental professionals to tread carefully when making public their reaction and also to think about considering withholding their ARF as both actions would threaten their registration and ability to practise lawfully.